San Dieguito starts process for state approval to reopen
Torrey Pines and La Costa Canyon’s cross country squads raced at La Costa Valley fields in the first intradistrict high school cross country competition of the year on Feb. 15.
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On a week when high school cross country runners felt the joy and hope of a return to competition, the San Dieguito Union High School District found a new route toward getting students back to school.
In addition to working toward an expanded reopening when San Diego County moves into the red tier, on Feb. 10 the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released a new School Safety Review process that would permit school districts like San Dieguito to reopen if they were planning a phased reopening that was impacted by the new state guidance in January.
YES virtual meeting set for next week
The Youth Enrichment Services (YES) group holds a virtual meeting at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 18. Cyber educator Jon Moffat will present the latest information on TikTok and Discord. Resources, links and grant information will be included. Email reshelman@carlsbadusd.net for meeting links.
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District offers webinars on language program
The Del Mar Union School District has scheduled parent information webinars regarding its Spanish Language Immersion Program in kindergarten and first grade. To apply for the program, parents or guardians must attend one of the webinars. All DMUSD students will have equal access to the Spanish Language Immersion Program via a lottery, regardless of a student’s school of residence. The webinars will include information about long-term goals for the program, research supporting the benefits of biliteracy, the parent commitment requirement, application and enrollment details, and lottery information. Applications wi
San Dieguito district forms senior events committee
The class of 2020 had drive-through graduation ceremonies.
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The class of 2021 has spent over half of their senior year away from school, missing out on all of the traditional and memorable experiences that come with the last year of high school. With the uncertainty of the pandemic over the next few months, many senior activities like prom, grad nights, trips, picnics and graduations are listed as TBD (to be determined).
At the Feb. 1 San Dieguito Union High School District special meeting, SDUHSD President Mo Muir established a subcommittee on senior events planning, to make sure no student misses out on celebrating this less-than-normal but no less important year. Muir proposed that the committee include board members Michael Allman and Melisse Mossy, site principals and a parent from each high school campus.
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Coronado’s middle school and high school reopened for in-person instruction this week while San Diego County remains in the most restrictive coronavirus status.
The California Teachers Association accused the Coronado Unified School District of opening the two schools unlawfully. State rules “explicitly prohibit” schools from opening during the purple tier, the union said in a cease-and-desist letter last week.
San Diego County has been in the purple tier for about three months.
County and district officials deny the district is breaking the rules.
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State rules say that elementary schools cannot reopen until their county’s daily COVID-19 case rate falls below 25 cases per 100,000 residents. Middle and high schools must wait longer, until the county’s case rate falls below 7 per 100,000 which is also the threshold for leaving the purple tier.